Woodward Test Ensures GM's Transmission Reliability
10 Aug 2011, 11:53 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Woodward Avenue became the first concrete highway in the world back in 1909, and three years later it got its first electric traffic light between downtown Detroit and downtown Pontiac, so it wasn&r...
GM Trims Engineering Infrastructure for Better Efficiency
10 Aug 2011, 12:22 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / It looks that sometimes it is better to take a closer look inside closed doors in order find a solution for a problem, the best example for the the saying would be GM. The manufacturer recorded $1 b...
Stock Plunges Could Reflet on UAW Talks with GM, Ford and Chrysler
9 Aug 2011, 11:50 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Ford, Chrysler and GM might find themselves in a rather difficult position regarding the talks with the UAW. Judging by the way things are looking for the moment there seem to be some difficult time...
Mazda to Revive Rotary Engine by 2017
8 Aug 2011, 14:23 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / When Mazda decided to pull the plug on the RX-8 sportscar, a piece of the manufacturer went under at the same time with it. A senior company engineer explained that the Japanese manufacturer aims t...
General Motors Gains Profit of $2.5 Billion by Rising Vehicle Prices
4 Aug 2011, 14:57 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / General Motors' second quarter was extremely profitable bringing $2.5 billion into the manufacturers treasury. The 89 percent improvement over 2010, including a long-awaited profit from GM&rsqu...
Ford's Jim Farley Apologizes For Dropping The F-Bomb On GM
3 Aug 2011, 07:29 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Things at Ford Motor Co. are starting to cool down, as Jim Farley, head of global marketing , sales and service is doing his best to smooths things over with his fellow execs at General Motors. As w...
General Motors to Postpone Fuel Cell Technology
1 Aug 2011, 13:35 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Environmental cars, and more specific fuel cells technology, seems to be the main focus of car manufacturers these days. But there are a couple of setbacks which make it a little bit unpractical, t...
General Motors Shakes Off Rumors Regarding Opel
28 Jul 2011, 10:27 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / It is now official that General Motors’ Opel affiliated brand is not for sale, as Dan Ackerson GM top executive dismissed the rumors which stated that the maker’s long-troubled Opel subs...
Ford VP Jim Farley dropped the F-bomb on General Motors
22 Jul 2011, 13:41 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Earlier this week, we have discussed about the rivalry between Hyundai and Kia, which seemed to be a little bit out of place when concerning two “sister companies.” It seems that phenome...
VW Reportedly Made an Offer for Opel After Hyundai Manifested Interest
22 Jul 2011, 09:22 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Volkswagen thinks it can do better at managing its fellow German carmaker than GM, while the Americans say they are not interested in selling Opel to either the Chinese, who are in desperate need of...
OnStar FMV Arriving at Best Buy on July 24th
19 Jul 2011, 11:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / OnStar FMV, the first boxed version of the OnStar’s “blue button” automotive safety and security services that can work on 90 million older vehicles currently running on US roads, ...
GM Investing $328 Million in Flint Plant to Build Next-gen Full-sized Pickups
19 Jul 2011, 10:07 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / General Motors has recently announced that it will invest $328 million in its Flint, Michigan assembly plant to produce its next-generation GMC and Chevrolet full-size pickups. Those trucks are curr...
2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Turns Heads in White
6 Jul 2011, 12:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / So far this year, red has been the color of choice whenever Chevrolet wanted to show off the most muscular pony in its stable. For a while now, we thought the Amercan carmaker was only going to impr...
GM Announces UK Pricing for Chevrolet Volt
1 Jul 2011, 14:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Chevrolet has revealed today that the extended range Volt electric vehicle will cost £28,545 in the UK when you deduct the £5,000 government grant. Of course, no press release from the A...
GM Announces 2012 Camaro Transformers Special Edition
27 Jun 2011, 14:24 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It might not say much using his own voice, but Sam’s guardian is one of coolest Transformer ever to hit the silver screen. With the third instalment of the Hollywood saga scheduled to launch t...
Cadillac ATS Chassis Teased on GM Website?
25 Jun 2011, 17:26 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / One of the most important new products that Cadillac has ever worked on is the advanced Alpha platform, which will underpin a small (read smaller) RWD entry-level sedan called the ATS. Cadillac has ...
Spyshots: Opel Corsa-based compact SUV
23 Jun 2011, 14:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It’s about time that Opel started offering a small crossover model with hatchback proportions and appeal to city dwellers. Just about every European carmaker has or will have such a model, and...
Chevrolet Sonic RS to Arrive in 2012 with 138 HP
21 Jun 2011, 13:31 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / General Motors unveiled the Chevrolet Aveo RS Concept at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show, and reports circulating the Internet at the time indicated that this was the way to go for a sort of semi-hot hat...
GM Will Idle Truck Plants Next Month to Reduce Inventory
20 Jun 2011, 14:19 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The General will idle its truck-making plants in Michigan and Indiana for two weeks next month to deal with a large stockpile that reaches over 100 days’ worth in some cases, and to prepare th...
Opel Might Make US Market Return With Corsa
20 Jun 2011, 13:59 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A few days back, the Internet was buzzing with rumors of GM selling its European division to Volkswagen, yet they were eventually denied. However, Opel has once again found a way to come into focus,...